Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable protein serine/threonine phosphatase activity and protein tyrosine phosphatase activity. Predicted to be involved in dephosphorylation. Predicted to act upstream of or within DNA damage response and regulation of cell cycle. Predicted to be located in cytosol and perinuclear region of cytoplasm. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm and nucleus. Is expressed in axial skeleton; cerebral cortex; cranium; hindlimb long bone; and pelvic girdle skeleton. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hepatocellular carcinoma. Orthologous to human CDKN3 (cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 3).